Approximately 78,000 vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed to voters starting Monday (Feb. 24) for the special primary election in the 23rd Senate District on March 25. Ballots should arrive in mailboxes by the end of the week. Voted ballots must be received by the Registrar of Voters office by 8 p.m. on March 25 to be counted in the upcoming election.

The Riverside County Waste Management Department has scheduled a free household hazardous waste collection event on Saturday (Feb. 22), in Mead Valley at the Former Mead Valley Fire Station, starting at 9 a.m. The collection is open to all Riverside County residents.

The Riverside County Waste Management Department has scheduled a free household hazardous waste collection event on Saturday (Feb. 22), in Blythe at the County Administration Center, starting at 9 a.m. The collection is open to all Riverside County residents.

Approximately 136,000 sample ballots and information pamphlets will start going out to voters tomorrow (Feb. 13) for the state Senate District 23 special primary election on March 25.&nbsp; About half will be mailed initially, with the remainder sent to voters by sometime early next week.

Riverside County on Friday notified Galway Downs near Temecula that there is no existing right on the property to conduct a running-of-the-bulls event, which the media has reported the facility intends to host in June.

Anyone interested in running for office in the June 3 primary election may take out candidate filing papers beginning Monday (Feb. 10). Papers must be filed by 5 p.m. on March 7. If an incumbent fails to file, the deadline for that office is extended to 5 p.m. on March 12 for everyone except the incumbent.

The Riverside County Waste Management Department has scheduled a free household hazardous waste collection event on Saturday (Feb. 8), in Beaumont at the Lamb Canyon Landfill, starting at 9 a.m. The collection is open to all Riverside County residents.